What was responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade i the early 1800's?

act of Congress banned importing slaves

What was the main problem with the production of tobacco before the 1840's?

Tobacco needed to be dried before shipping

What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?

earning money to buy their freedom

What was the Cotton Belt?

area stretching from S.Carolina-Texas that grew most cotton

Unlike slaves on the plantations, slaves working in the planters' houses usually

had better food, clothing, and shelter

Nat Turner's Rebellion was the

most violent slave uprising in the U.S.

Why did the value of slaves drop in the South following the American Revolution?

Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased

How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children? They...

told folktales with traditional characters and morals

What were slave codes?

strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves

In what ways did slaves rebel against long working hours?

They slowed down their work in the fields

Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify slavery by arguing that...

God created some people to rule over others

Why were slaves uneducated?

teaching slaves was prohibited (banned) in most states

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Chpt. 13 The South

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1
Most of the South's big cities started as
industrial villages
antislavery communities
shipping centers
cotton plantations
2
What was responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade i the early 1800's?
act of Congress banned importing slaves
leaders wanted the South to grow a variety of cash crops
farmers eager for profit head west for new land togrow crops
Stronger types of cotton as a result of crossbreeding
3
What was the main problem with the production of tobacco before the 1840's?
Tobacco took a long time to grow
Tobacco needed to be dried before shipping
Tobacco was illegal in many states
Tobacco could be grown only in the North
4
What happened to Nat Turner after the rebellion he started in 1831?
He was imprisoned for life
He escaped to the North
He was killed by a slaveholder
He was sentenced to death
5
What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?
moving from plantation to plantation
earning money to buy their freedom
working shorter hours
living in their owner's house
6
What were spirituals?
emotional songs sung by slaves
places where slaves went to worship
rebellions led by slaves
stories with lessons about slavery
7
What was the Cotton Belt?
region east of Mississippi that produced 2/3 of the cotton
Mexican fields where scientists worked to crossbreed cotton
land in the south where cotton was wiped out by disease
area stretching from S.Carolina-Texas that grew most cotton
8
Unlike slaves on the plantations, slaves working in the planters' houses usually
worked shorter hours
received payment
did nt work when they were sick
had better food, clothing, and shelter
9
Nat Turner's Rebellion was the
least popular political revolt in U.S. history
most effective revolt at stemming the spread of slavery
most violent slave uprising in the U.S.
least damaging uprising to the abolitionist cause
10
Who owned small farms and often worked alongside their slaves?
spirituals
planters
factors
yeomen
11
Crop brokers called _____________________ managed all aspects of the trading of cotton.
folktales
planters
yeomen
factors
12
Why did the value of slaves drop in the South following the American Revolution?
slaves launched rebellions throughout the South
The practice of slavery became unpopular in the South
Slaves began to escape to the North
Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased
13
How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children? They...
told the children biblical tales of the exodus from slavery
showed their children how to outsmart slaveholders
taught children Christian songs about freedom
told folktales with traditional characters and morals
14
What was the effect of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
slave codes were toughened
slave lost the right to a fair trial
slaves got better working conditions
scared slaveholders freed their slaves
15
Who were the large-scale southern farmers who owned more than 20 slaves?
masters
yeomen
planters
factors
16
What were slave codes?
strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves
a secret language slaves used to communicate
set of rules for slave behavior set by a council of planters
a policy of slaves to always help one another
17
How did most planters encourage slave obedience?
through incentives such as education
through physical punishment
by withholding payment for work completed
offering rewards of better food, clothing, and shelter
18
Who patented the cotton gin in 1793?
Samual Slater
Andrew Jackson
Nat Turner
Eli Whitney
19
The South's first major cash crop was...
cotton
corn
tobacco
wheat
20
In what ways did slaves rebel against long working hours?
They hid their masters' whips and chains
They prayed for God to teach their masters equality
They slowed down their work in the fields
Stole books from their masters & taught themselves to read
21
What was the name of one of the most productive industrial factories of the South?
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Samual Slater's Water Mill
Lowell Girl Mill Worker
Tredegar Iron Works
22
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify slavery by arguing that...
slavery was right because it was practiced in the Bible
God selected whites as his "chosen people"
God created some people to rule over others
slavery taught savages to bow to a higher authority
23
Why were slaves uneducated?
slaves wanted to keep an oral tradition
Slaves had no time to study
eaching slaves did not pay well
teaching slaves was prohibited (banned) in most states
24
In the first half of the 1800's, what portion of white southern families had slaves?
two-thirds
three-quarters
one-half
one-third
25
What was the term to describe the labor of all field hands on the same task at the same time?
crop rotation
slave codes
gang-labor system
factors

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